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FY21 Budget: Schools
Dr. Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent
Corey Harris, Chief Accountability Officer
Nathan Kuder, Chief Financial Officer
David Bloom, Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Every child, in every classroom, in every school of the Boston Public Schools system has the same opportunity to
achieve the greatness within them as anybody else.
Boston Public Schools Opportunity and Achievement Gap Policy
Student$9M
Teacher$12M
Content$15M
Raise the bar on student learning with high-quality learning materials, resources and improved learning environments.
Increase teachers’ skill through coaching and consistent feedback and developing high-quality curriculum.
A strong foundation for student success and more support to connect families to resources and information.
Boston Public Schools4
We expect Mayor Walsh’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal to include an $80M increase for BPS.
New investments directly in school budgets or school services budgeted centrally above and beyond standard cost increase.
Estimates for standard cost increases, including existing student services, cost of new BTU contract and operations.
Proposed General Fund Budget for the Boston Public Schools in FY21.
Overview of the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget
Proposal
$80M
$36M
$1.3B
$44M
Boston Public Schools
Additional Teaching positions, including 24 FTE for Art, Music, and PE.
Additional Paraprofessional positions, the result of inclusion expansion and a full-time position in every K2 classroom.
Positions added to improve the student experience and support the whole child and whole family, including:
▫ 47 Social Workers▫ 42 Instructional Facilitators, and▫ 37 Family Liaisons
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100% of new investments
in school budgets or
school services
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CategoryFY20
CurrentFY21
Proposed ChangePercentChange
Direct School Expenses
School Budgets $623 $660 $37.4 6.0%
ELT $16 $22 $6.3 40.2%
Benefits $117 $125 $8.0 6.9%
Total Schools $756 $807 $51.7 6.8%
SchoolServices
Budgeted Centrally
Transportation $96 $99 $3.3 3.5%
Special Education $45 $49 $4.0 8.9%
Facilities $67 $72 $4.8 7.2%
Other $68 $76 $8.1 11.8%
Benefits $21 $22 $1.4 6.9%
Total SSBC $297 $319 $21.7 7.3%
Central Administration
Central Administration $57 $58 $0.5 0.8%
Benefits $7 $8 $0.5 6.9%
Total Central $64 $65 $1.0 1.5%
Non-BPS StudentServices
Student services $30 $32 $1.8 6.0%
Transportation $31 $35 $3.9 12.8%
Total Non-BPS $61 $67 $5.7 9.4%
Total $1.179B $1.259B $80M 6.8%
64% of new
funding
27% of new
funding
Ensuring equity as we invest in quality across the City
BPS Draft Strategic
Plan
“Boston Public Schools (BPS) has a long, rich tradition and commitment to education as the birthplace of America’s public education system. BPS is a leader in urban education. Nationally recognized programs and initiatives such as universal preschool, early childhood education, an equitable school-based funding formula, and policies specifically focused on creating greater racial equity are but a few of BPS’s signature accomplishments.”
Boston Public Schools
Weighted Student Funding
(WSF)
Our consistent and transparent formula enables us to differentiate funding based on student need and enrollment
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Sample Weighted Student FundingTemplate
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WSF Varies Funding by
Student Need
Weight Category StudentsFY21
FundingGrade Level Weights 54,004 $351,038,365Students with Disabilities
10,709 $112,198,769
English Language Learners
18,085 $20,175,228
High Risk Students 3,716 $2,187,496Opportunity Index Funding
42,947 $11,163,109
Economic Disadvantage 39,053 $25,829,202Programmatic Supports 4,099 $12,256,466Foundation Funding 54,004 $24,447,063Total $559,295,698
Boston Public Schools
Adapting WSF to Student
Need and Staffing
Costs
12 We continue to evaluate our weights to respond to student needs and staffing requirementsWe modified Weighted Student Funding (WSF) for three reasons related to the new BTU Contract:
● Paraprofessional Salaries ($6.2M): Paraprofessional salaries increased faster than teacher salaries, leading us to increase all classrooms with a paraprofessionals by .1. Weights changed:
○ K1 and K2 general education weights○ All High Needs Special Education weights
● ESL Support in Inclusion ($1.4M): By increasing the ELD 4/5 weight by .04, we provide more options for servicing students with an ELD 4 or 5 in inclusion classrooms.
● Full time paraprofessional in K2 (3.7M). All K2 classrooms will now have a full time paraprofessional. This impacts only K2 general education classrooms and changed the K2 grade-level weight by .2.
Boston Public Schools
Sources of Direct School
Funding Including Title I and
IDEA
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Notes: These figures do not include the school services that are budgeted centrally. All figures are current as of February 5th and may change as the budgeting process continues.Additional adjustments include EEC/ELC supplements and other rules-based allocations (SIFE, EI), this amount is projected to decrease due to Inclusive Support and Homeless funding added to WSF.Expanded Learning Time costs include Schedule A as well as central costs for Pilot, Innovation, and Special Agreement schools.
FY20 FY21 $ CH % CHWeighted Student Funding $517.4 $559.3 $41.9 8%Special Programs (non-WSF) $26.2 $27.9 $1.7 6%Title I and IDEA $20.0 $19.7 -$0.3 -2%Nurse and Special Education Coordinator $20.7 $24.7 $4.0 19%New Investment Positions $0.0 $15.6 $15.6 n/aRule-based soft landings $5.5 $4.5 -$1.0 -18%Rules-based Foundation for Quality $1.9 $3.9 $2.0 105%Autonomous Opt-Outs $3.8 $3.5 -$0.3 -8%Additional Adjustments $21.9 $20.9 -$1.0 -5%Expanded Learning Time $15.6 $21.9 $6.3 40%Benefits $117.2 $125.2 $7.9 7%Total $759.7 $827.0 $67.3 9%
Boston Public Schools
Sample Allocation One-Pager
14 We provide detailed budget information for individuals schools on our website
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Investment Highlight: 1:1 Computing
Technology is an essential tool used everyday in a multitude of ways, by everyone, and must be prioritized.
▫ 58% of BPS chromebooks will be beyond end of life by June 2020.
▫ Purchase and management of student technology, including:
▪ 1:1 computing for students in grades 7-12.
▪ 2:1 computing for students in grades 3-6.
▪ 3:1 computing for students in grades K0-2.
▪ 40,000 new student devices.
Rapidly expanding student access to technology
Boston Public SchoolsRaise the bar on quality learning environments
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Re-establish high expectations for the classrooms, bathrooms, hallways, and play spaces that our students deserve, recognizing the impact of the learning environment and resources:
$1.5M Ensure our facilities support learning by adding 25 additional custodians, investing in building condition and cleanliness.
In the spring, we will present the BPS Capital Budget, which will propose additional investments in school facilities, including upgrades to drinking fountains and bathrooms.
Boston Public Schools
Investment Highlight: Facilities
Boston Public Schools
Investment Highlight: Continued
expansion of Pre-K
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■ Build mixed delivery system with multiple ways to to receive free school day
■ Innovation, best practice & quality indicators across settings
CoherenceQuality Equity
■ Targeted efforts towards quality access
■ Evidence based curriculum, coaching and professional development
■ Strong educator workforce
■ Early & increases family engagement
■ Sustainability systems
■ Identify and address inequitable access for children & families
■ Close the opportunity & achievement gap and increase success rate by providing K1-2nd support & resources
Universal Pre-K GoalsBoston Public Schools
Building off past budgets, we are doing more to support schools through
enrollment changes
“Our definition of educational equity is clear. At BPS, every child in every classroom is entitled to an equitable, world-class, high-quality education. Each child should have the same unfettered access to every conceivable tool to unlock the greatness within them…. This requires a commitment to systemic change in the way we allocate funding, provide access to information, deliver instruction, and make resources available to meet students’ needs. ”
Boston Public Schools Draft Strategic Plan
BPS Draft Strategic
Plan
Boston Public Schools
Breaking the cycle of
declining enrollment
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1. ENROLLMENT DECLINE
4. FEWER FAMILIES PICK
SCHOOL
3. REDUCTION IN STAFF AND PROGRAMS
2. FUNDING DECREASE
Enrollment & Funding
Cycle
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Two reasons for declining enrollment:
total student population and school
choice
Between SY16-17 and SY18-19, the total school age population declined by 928 students, while BPS enrollment declined by 1,851 students.
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5 Year Trend in High School
Enrollment
Total high school enrollment
Enrollment in selective admissions high schools and the exam schools
Enrollment at Madison Park
Enrollment in open enrollment, comprehensive high schools
-8%
+5%
+10%
-18%
Boston Public Schools
Breaking the cycle of
declining enrollment
23The City’s $100M commitment allows us to think boldly about how to become the first choice for all families
Our FY21 Budget addresses enrollment and invests in quality in two ways:
1. Reinforcing a foundation for quality, particularly for schools that are experiencing enrollment shifts.
2. Intervening in our highest needs schools to create high quality schools in every neighborhood for every family.
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Prioritizing stability and
access to programming
BPS allocates $125M to schools to supplement enrollment-based WSF allocations
Category AmountEnrollment-based WSF Allocations $534,848,634Foundation for Quality $57,300,022Non-WSF Program Supports $42,984,798Turnaround & Transformation Investments
$15,788,150
Enrollment Transition Support $5,957,264Other Allocations $3,471,933Grand Total $660,350,801
Boston Public Schools
Prior Investments
in Foundation
Budgets
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▫ WSF includes a $210K “foundation” to each school which is for a Principal/Headmaster, the school secretary and some basic supplies.
▫ We allocate Coordinators of Special Education (COSE) to handle the IEP process.
▫ In FY20, we began guaranteeing a 1.0 Nurse in every building.
▫ Schools received a “Sustainability Allocation” if their budget was not sufficient to meet all compliance requirements.
Weighted Student Funding was implemented with a foundation for all schools, regardless of enrollment
Some foundational student servicesare budgeted and allocated centrally.
Boston Public Schools
Investing in a new
Foundation for Quality
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▫ The Foundation for Quality ensures that all schools have a baseline amount of funding above compliance.
▫ Each school’s baseline amount varies by enrollment and need, with higher need schools having a higher per pupil baseline amount.
▫ Weights used to calculate the Foundation for Quality include:
▪ Opportunity Index weights▪ Economic Disadvantage weights:
students in poverty and students experiencing homelessness
Moving beyond “Sustainability”, our “Foundation for Quality” increases the baseline level of guaranteed funding
Boston Public Schools
Foundation for Quality Example:Tobin K-8
27 Weight Enrollment FY21 Amount
OI Score .677
OI - School Support
429 (whole school) $71,381
OI - Partnerships 429 (whole school) $118,595
% Poverty 88.81%
Poverty 381 $174,533
Poverty Concentration
166 $76,270
Homelessness 39 $17,866
Homelessness Concentration
18 $8,040
Total - Quality Target
426 $466,685 ($1,096 pp)
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Foundation for Quality Example:Tobin K-8
28 Budget Amount
Director of Instruction $128,136
1.5 FTE Social Workers $161,460
Cluster Substitute $25,537
Non-Personnel $69,567
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Proposed Budget Excluding Compliance $384,700
Proposed budget before Foundation for Quality
$466,685 $384,700 $81,985
Additional funding is determined by taking the difference between Quality Target and
Proposed Budget Excluding Compliance
Below Quality Target, funding is required
Boston Public Schools
Supporting Schools in Transition
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Description Amount
K6 Transition To fully fund 6th grade in schools impacted by K6 transition
$1.7M
Inclusion Transition
Temporary support to schools adding formal inclusion programs for FY21
$0.2M
Strands in Transition and/or Capacity Maintenance
Temporary support to schools with a strand undergoing redesign or to maintain capacity in the district’s only program at a certain grade level
$1.1M
Foundation for Quality
Replacing sustainability with an expanded definition of baseline services for schools
$3.9M
Total $6.9M
Boston Public Schools
Supporting schools
during K6 Expansion
30$0.8M - Schools that expanded to K6 were held harmless from under-enrolled 6th grades:
Adams, Bradley, Clap, Channing, Everett, Guild,
Hale, Kenny, Manning, Otis, Perkins, PJ Kennedy, Tynan
$0.9M - Schools that traditionally received those 6th graders received soft landings as needed supports during their transition to a new enrollment pattern:
McCormack, Edwards
Impacted Schools Not Requiring Soft Landing:Conley, Harvard/Kent, O’Donnell, Umana
Boston Public Schools
Supporting Programs in
Transition for Capacity
31 School Description Amount
TechBoston Maintain capacity during a shift in the assignment policy for middle school feeder patterns.
$185,782
Quincy Sustain only ES Physically Impaired program during redesign to Multiple Disabilities
$205,050
Taylor Maintain capacity for district’s only SEI Haitian Creole program $175,514
Condon Maintain capacity for district's only DDC ES program $118,514
Higginson/ Lewis
Maintain ABA classrooms during transition $160,823
Perkins Temporary support for expansion of ABA program $117,073
Tynan Maintain regional assignment capacity $73,834
Manning Temporary support for only K0/K1 EI class $20,157
Total $1.1M
Raising Quality of Our Schools: Investing in Transformation Schools
“There is a growing sense of impatience to address longstanding, systemic barriers that hamper our students’ ability to reach their full potential. The Mayor, School Committee, Superintendent, staff and community are collectively committed to urgent, courageous action that will advance our best hopes and aspirations for our students”
BPS Draft Strategic
Plan
Boston Public Schools
We are investing in our lowest performing
schools
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Bounded Ethicality
The systemic and predictable psychological processes that lead us to engage in ethically
questionable behaviors inconsistent with our own
preferred ethics
Boston Public Schools
Work Upstream
Strong Tier 1
Good first instruction
Preventative action
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Monitor Impact
Keeping “score”
Adjusting as necessary throughout “the
game”
Intervening with support when
necessary
Making tough decisions when
intervention does not work
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Data are like pixels. Many are required to form a clear image
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MTSS
Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Practices
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Culturally and
Linguistically Sustaining Practices
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4 Foci
1. Leadership
2. Instruction - Literacy
3. Wholistic Child Support
4. Healthy School Climate & Culture
Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Practices
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● Regardless of role, everyone is a leader.
● Ability to influence others
● Leaders help themselves and others overcome their individual selfishness, weaknesses and fears toward doing harder, better, and more important work than we would do on our own.
Instruction with a Focus on Literacy
Intention Reality
Wholistic Child Support
● a coordinated approach to education and public health that works to ensure each child will be healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.
● requires equity-based and culturally responsive system building
DOWN
STREAM
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
UP
STREAM
Healthy School Culture & Climate
● Climate - represents the attitude of an organization; collective mood or morale of a group of people
● Culture - the unwritten rules to which group members conform in order to remain in good standing with their colleagues
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Above & Beyond Investments
★ Instructional Transformation Coach
★ Transformation Social Worker
★ Family Liaison
★ STEAM Specialist
★ Increased Psychologist FTE
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Boston Public Schools
▫ School Superintendents▫ Headmasters/Principals▫ Instructional Facilitators &
Data Inquiry Facilitators▫ Transformation Program
Managers▫ Teachers/STEAM Specialists▫ Schools Counselors & Social
Workers▫ School Psychologists▫ Family Liaisons▫ Nurses
Professional Learning Groups
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Boston Public Schools
▫ Tonight’s budget presentation
▫ An interactive tool to explore budgets: bostonpublicschools.org/explorebudget
▫ FY21 WSF School-by-School comparison
▫ WSF Templates for all schools
▫ FY21 preliminary general fund account code budget
For more information, please visit:
www.bostonpublicschools.org/budget
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Ensuring Equity & Transparency
We provide extensive information online, including:
Boston Public Schools56 Wednesday, February 5: School Committee Meeting
Preliminary FY21 Budget Presentation
Bolling Building
Thursday, February 13: 6 p.m. Budget Hearing
School budgets review
Curley K-8 School , Jamaica Plain
Wednesday, February 26: School Committee Meeting
Bolling Building
Tuesday, March 10: 6 p.m. Budget Hearing
Review of central budgets
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr K-8 School, Dorchester, MA
Wednesday, March 18: 5 p.m. Budget Hearing
Finance Team addresses questions on final FY21 proposal
Bolling Building
Wednesday, March 25: FY21 Budget Vote
Bolling Building
bostonpublicschools.org/budget | [email protected]
Upcoming Budget Hearings